New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-04
COMMENDING 4 NEW AB1TTOIR.
FEATURES OF THE EXTENSIVE BUILDING JUS

FEATURES OF THE EXTENSIVE BUILDING JUST
FINISHED Bv 7CHw ,RTZsHfLD sULzBsRGER
Yesterday ". I great day for the firm OF Schwarz
schd Sulzbcrgr the proprietors OF the now abator
between Forty <ifth and FortysIxth SITS In ffrstave
Tho great works which begun in May 1856, hay
Ing completed. thoy Invited their friends TO In
spect their premises and afcrward to drink ilttio
champaign and settler to tho success Of the s. d g.
Refrigerator Company, the firm name. Scbwa zschild
& Sulzberger have invested million dollars In their
enterprise from first to last and have planned overy-
thing with such Judgment that President Bs les OF the
Board OF Health aftor Inspection congratulated
warmly aud declared the system as near perfec-
tino as human ingenuity could devise.
Mr.. sulzberger went round with his guests and
showed them every detail. First tho animals
driven up from the boats In the East River aud taken
To tho subccar where they are kept for twenty -four
hours In roomy pens furnished with watertroughs
tinualy running and with abundant hay. The sub
cellar high and the floors OF artificial stone and
kept clean by perpetual sulcing with water pumped
from the river. After resting their appointed time
the animals driven up inclined steps to the
slaughter hall. 200 feet long and 90 feet broad where
they are killed The carcasseS remain there for two
hours 10 allow the animal heat TO escape and then
they divided into sides and sent to the refrigerator
chamber-tho most interesting feature Of the place.
In this great receptacle there space for GOO carcasSe5
Ing ice upon the surfaces of the pipes overhead
which contains mixture OF salt water and ammonia
Meat under these conditions any length
time and preserve Its qualities.
All the substances belonging to tho beeves
treated upon tho ground, 80 that there carts
giving forth offensive eIuvla to the annoyance Of tho
neighbours. From tho head comes the tongue sailed
and smoked the premises, also Oxch rk cooked In
steam and packed In alright cans also the lips and
palate, which are cooked la steain soaked In vinegar
and packed In pals with peppcrcorn5 and slices Of
lemon. Tho tpe, liver and heart are sold to retail
butchers the fat Is rendered In five huge. Oil tanks
each containing $1,000 pounds, the enras steam
cleaned and sent to sausagenakcrs, the lungs and
bones converted Into a pOudrete fer
tilzer tho oxtall- fought for every morning by
people who convert them into delicious the hides
sated on the spot, and tho hoof and horns
disposed ofthe first for glue, the second for combs
Even the blood runs into pipes and is conveyed In
barrels TO tho fertilizlng room.
Every floor is made Of artificial stone, and Is washed
down by hose stretched against the walls and always
ready This water comes from the East River, but
for all other purposes water is obtained an arti-
san well sunk by the firm to depth Of nearly 100
feet that il might be pure possible. Tho re-
figeratng apparatus cost hundred thousand dol
lars. Tho firm also has special wagons, fifteen In
number OF great size and peculiar construction for tho
transportation OF tho meat. The sides, fiont and
doors double having inner panels OF cork TO pre-
serve the temperature Of the refrigerated beet